1. | [obn] 道德的concerned with principles of right and wrong behaviour |
a moral issue/dilemma/question 道德方面的议题╱困境╱问题 | |
traditional moral values 传统的道德观念 | |
a decline in moral standards 道德水准的下降 | |
moral philosophy 道德哲学 | |
a deeply religious man with a highly developed moral sense 道德意识极强的笃信宗教的人 | |
The newspapers were full of moral outrage at the weakness of other countries. 报纸总是道貌岸然地说别的国家不好。 |
2. | [obn] 道义上的；道德上的based on your own sense of what is right and fair, not on legal rights or duties |
moral responsibility/duty 道义上的责任╱义务 | |
Governments have at least a moral obligation to answer these questions. 政府至少在道义上有责任回应这些问题。 | |
The job was to call on all her diplomatic skills and moral courage(= the courage to do what you think is right) . 这项工作需要她发挥全部的外交才能和捍卫正义的勇气。 |
3. | 品行端正的；有道德的following the standards of behaviour considered acceptable and right by most people |
He led a very moral life. 他这个人一向很正派。 | |
a very moral person 品行非常端正的人 |
4. | [obn] 能辨别是非的able to understand the difference between right and wrong |
Children are not naturally moral beings. 儿童并非天生就能分辨是非。 |
1. | [pl] 品行，道德（尤指性关系方面）standards or principles of good behaviour, especially in matters of sexual relationships |
Young people these days have no morals. 现在的年轻人根本不讲道德。 | |
The play was considered an affront to public morals . 人们认为这出戏侮辱了公众道德。 | |
a woman of loose morals(= with a low standard of sexual behaviour) 放荡的女人 |
2. | [c] 寓意；教益a practical lesson that a story, an event or an experience teaches you |
And the moral is that crime doesn't pay. 寓意就是犯罪得不偿失。 |
